A British Member of Parliament is taking Elon Musk’s xAI to court after its Grok chatbot was used to generate a non-consensual deepfake bikini image of her. Jess Asato, the Labour MP for Lowestoft in Suffolk, filed suit in the UK High Court on June 3, making this the first parliamentary-level legal action against an AI company in the country.
The lawsuit cites the Data Protection Act and tortious misuse of private information, two legal frameworks that, if successfully applied here, could fundamentally reshape how AI companies are held responsible for content their tools produce.
From Parliament to the courtroom
Asato didn’t arrive at this lawsuit quietly. Back in January 2026, she addressed the House of Commons directly, condemning Grok’s role in producing what she described as deeply problematic content. She accused the technology of enabling the creation of “deepfake pornography and sexualised content” that has harmed thousands of women and children.
After her January speech, the stream of objectionable AI-generated images targeting her didn’t slow down. It intensified. Among the content that followed was a particularly disturbing video depicting a simulated assault on her.
